Homepage News from Friday, October 2nd, 2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission says 9,324,349 young Nigerians registered as new voters during the 2026 Continuous Voter Registration exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections.

One person was killed and three others were seriously injured in a crash along the Lagos Coastal Road toward Eko Hotel in the early hours of Thursday.

Public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have declared a three-day warning strike from 2nd to 4th October over worsening economic hardship and demands for better wages.

American rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, over allegations that he assaulted and choked a woman during a domestic dispute.

Gunmen have attacked two buses along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State, abducting several passengers, including prospective National Youth Service Corps members.

Lagos State African Democratic Congress governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has promised to deliver 100,000 housing units within his first four years if elected governor of Lagos State in 2027.